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New Mirror-Coating Technology Promises Dramatic Improvements in Telescopes
At UC Santa Cruz, an electrical engineer has teamed up with astronomers to improve telescope mirrors using thin-film technology from the electronics industry
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Society of Vacuum Coaters Gains Affiliated Membership in the American Institute of Physics
As an AIP Affiliate, the SVC will be provided an opportunity to collaborate with complementary technical organizations and benchmark best practices as they strive to increase our value and relevance to our international base of stakeholders
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Dürr Named Core Supplier of Groupe PSA
With its multiple automotive brands — Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel in Germany and Vauxhall in Great Britain — Groupe PSA has been a major customer of Durr’s for more than 20 years.
Read MoreYou Say You Want a Resolution?
The editorial team asked finishers for their New Year’s resolves, and here are their responses.
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Leveling the Field in Nickel Plating
Profilometry helps determine the leveling characteristics of Watts nickel baths.
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Powder Coated in the U.S.A.
A Florida manufacturer commits to making American products the old-fashioned way: by hand and from quality materials.
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Mastering Sanitary Stainless Steel Finishes
Here’s a primer on the types of finishes required for equipment used in sanitary applications.
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Using 3D to Design a Paint Shop
Laser scanning helps optimize planning in brownfield expansion projects.
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CCAI Chapters Brighten Holidays for Local Charities
The Southern California, Central States and Wisconsin chapters conducted toy drives, and the Twin Cities and Central States chapters made cash donations to local charities.
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Vogel Paint's Powder Expansion Project Ahead of Schedule
The company says that Phase Three of a five-year, $29.3 million expansion plan for the powder coating operation located at its headquarters in Orange City, Iowa, will begin ahead of schedule.
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Additive Manufacturing and Surface Finishing - The 53rd William Blum Lecture
This presentation is the 53rd William Blum Lecture, presented at SUR/FIN 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 6, 2016. In this lecture, Dr. Melissa Klingenberg discusses additive manufacturing; that is, any manufacturing process capable of making 3D objects from a digital model, or building-up 3D features onto an existing object, layer-by-layer. Cold spray, thermal spray, electroforming, structural plating and gaseous carbonyl deposition are covered.
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Nickel: Science, Health and the Future - The 52nd William Blum Lecture
This presentation is the 52nd William Blum Lecture, presented at SUR/FIN 2015 in Rosemont, Illinois on June 8, 2015. In this lecture, Dr. Hudson Bates discusses the nickel research in his group at the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), which impact occupational health and environmental issues for nickel. This includes nano-particulates, toxicity of mixtures, ambient air effects, and providing good science in regulatory matters.
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